Step Three Step Three READING AND TRAINING WEB Victor Hugo B1.2 Les Misérables K E Y S About the author Page 16 – exercise 1 Page 6 – exercise 1 1 C 2 B 3 A 4 D 5 A 1 Chateaubriand was a famous French Page 16 – exercise 2 Romantic writer of the early 19th 1 no one century, and he was a great 2 because inspiration for young Victor Hugo. 3 nothing 2 It was a journal in which Victor 4 the only person Hugo published his poems and also 5 as old as the works of his friends. 6 few 3 Victor Hugo was concerned with the 7 was popular social and political problems of his time. The Bagne of Toulon 4 In Les Misérables Victor Hugo Page 19 – exercise 1 describes the social injustices in France between 1815 and 1832. 1 It was located in the seaport of 5 It has inspired films, musicals and Toulon, in the south of France. plays. 2 King Louis XV created the bagne in 6 On Victor Hugo’s 80th birthday the 1748. street on which he lived was renamed 3 French convicts who had previously in his honour: Avenue Victor Hugo. been sent to the galleys. 7 He had a hero’s funeral and was 4 Prisoners on the galleys rowed long buried in the Pantheon in Paris. hours in very bad conditions. 5 New prisons were built because the galleys had become obsolete. CHAPTER ONE 6 Prisoners did construction work and also worked for big factories near Before you read the port. Page 7 – exercise 1 7 Their living conditions were very difficult because they worked long 1 C 2 A 3 B 4 C 5 B hours in dangerous jobs and Sunday 1 K E Y T O T H E A C T I V I T I E S was their only free day. Their diet was Page 26 – exercise 2 also very poor. 1 beautiful 8 Green caps were for the prisoners 2 rich sentenced to life imprisonment, and 3 kind red caps were for all the others. 4 heavy 5 weak CHAPTER TWO 6 build 7 dangerous Before you read 8 greedy 9 unattractive Page 20 – exercise 1 10 dirty 1 B 2 A 3 B 4 B 5 B 6 B Page 27 – exercise 3 Page 26 – exercise 1 1 My sister used to collect stamps. 1 Fantine was thin, pale, had blue eyes 2 Robert used to design clothes. and wore a cap over her beautiful 3 Brad used to rob banks. blonde hair. 4 I used to play volleyball in high 2 Mrs Thénardier was the manager of school. the inn, together with her husband. 3 Fantine left Paris because she was Page 28 – exercise 5A looking for work in Montreuil. 1 convent 4 Fantine asked Mrs Thénardier to 2 desperate look after her daughter. 3 greedy 5 Mr Thénardier wanted a lot of 4 dismissed money to look after the little girl. 5 revenge 6 The Thénardiers treated Cosette Page 28 – exercise 5B very poorly. 7 Mr Madeleine was the owner of a 1 greedy glass factory that employed many 2 revenge workers. He was also the mayor of 3 desperate the town of Montreuil. 4 convent 8 Fauchelevent had a bad accident 5 dismissed and Mr Madeleine saved his life. Page 29 – exercise 7 9 Mr Javert did not like Mr Madeleine 1 C 2 C 3 B 4 C because he was convinced that he had already seen him in the past, and that he was a criminal. CHAPTER THREE 10 She lost her job at the factory because some of the other workers Before you read discovered her secret. Page 30 – exercise 1 11 She became ill because she ate very 1 A 2 A 3 C 4 A 5 C little and didn’t buy wood to warm her house, since she had to save money Page 38 – exercise 1 and send it to the greedy Thénardiers. 1 C 2 C 3 A 4 B 5 C 12 Fantine sold her beautiful long hair, her teeth and then herself. 2 K E Y T O T H E A C T I V I T I E S Page 39 – exercise 2 3 Harry, who speaks French perfectly, 1 If Bill were a doctor, he would help was our travel guide this summer. sick people. 4 Sue and Rob, who were bored at 2 If Susan had a pony, she would go home, wanted to go on holiday. riding every weekend. 5 Pat’s Pizza Place, where we ate last 3 If Alex were an astronaut, he would night, makes the best pizza. go to Mars. 6 The science museum, where we met 4 If Lizzie were a famous actress, she Sally last week, is open only on would work in Hollywood. weekends. 5 If Charlie knew Karen’s number, he Page 50 – exercise 3 would phone her. Across Page 40 – exercise 3 3 convent 5 bucket 7 revenge 1 for 2 since 3 since 4 for 5 for 8 dismiss 10 bishop 6 since 7 since 8 for 9 since 10 for Down 1 Devil 2 stable 3 candlestick Page 41 – exercise 6 4 witness 7 rags 8 doll 9 Mayor 1 daughter – the three remaining words are names of jobs or Paris at the time of King professions Louis-Philippe 2 convent – the other three words are profit-making entities Page 55 – exercise 1 3 silver – the other three words are 1 The centre of the city was very not a metal crowded. It was a maze of narrow, 4 bishop – the other three words winding streets and old buildings have nothing to do with religion from earlier centuries. It was a dark, 5 plain – the other three words are unhealthy and often dangerous place. the opposite of plain 2 Very busy and also very dirty. 3 Water from the Rivers Saine was distributed by people carrying CHAPTER FOUR buckets from a pole on their shoulders. Before you read 4 He was a government official, and Page 42 – exercise 1 tried to improve living conditions in 1 A 2 B 3 C 4 C 5 A the centre of the city. 5 19 km Page 48 – exercise 1 6 The middle and upper classes could 1 A 2 C 3 A 4 B 5 D 6 B 7 C 8 A now afford to travel quickly and 9 C 10 D 11 A 12 B comfortably to other parts of the Page 49 – exercise 2 country. Communications, transportation and trade greatly 1 My grandmother, who is 90 years improved during this time. old, gave me this new watch. 7 With violent riots 2 Six Flags Magic Mountain, where there are 19 roller coasters, is my favourite amusement park. 3 K E Y T O T H E A C T I V I T I E S CHAPTER FIVE Haussmann and the Before you read renovation of Paris Page 65 – exercise 1 Page 56 – exercise 1 1 Emperor Napoleon III asked 1 C 2 A 3 B 4 C 5 B Haussmann to renovate Paris and Page 62 – exercise 1 make it a more modern city. 1 Jean Valjean had promised Fantine 2 It needed to be renovated because that he would fetch Cosette. many neighbourhoods were crowded 2 He lived in an old building called and dirty and there was a big traffic Gorbeau House. problem. 3 Cosette spent her days playing with 3 He built new, wide streets with tall her doll, singing and laughing. trees and beautiful new buildings and 4 He didn’t go out during the day squares. because he did not want anyone to 4 Transportation by train was see him. becoming very popular and the city 5 They had to leave their home in needed new train stations. Paris because Valjean discovered that 5 Many Parisians were against Javert was nearby. Haussmann’s projects because they 6 Javert and his men followed Valjean upset their daily routine. and Cosette during the night. 6 Open answer. 7 Valjean carried Cosette across a bridge and then climbed a wall, which was very difficult. On the other side CHAPTER SIX of the wall they were safe. Before you read 8 Fauchelevent, the gardener at the Bernardine Convent, helped Valjean Page 66 – exercise 1 and Cosette find shelter. 1 C 2 B 3 C 4 B 5 A 9 He told her that Valjean was his Page 76 – exercise 1 brother, Ultime. 10 They lived in the Bernardine 1 E 2 J 3 G 4 I 5 A 6 L 7 D 8 F Convent because Valjean worked in 9 M 10 H 11 K the garden and Cosette was educated Page 76 – exercise 2 there. It was a safe and comfortable 1 wrote, had met place for them. 2 bought, had asked Page 62 – exercise 2 3 had married, went 1 think 4 had studied, explored 2 have time 5 was, had had 3 planning to 6 chose, had seen 4 weren’t many 7 decided, had heard 5 aren’t allowed 8 knew, had spent 6 lent 9 had, had worked 10 arrested, had stolen Page 63 – exercise 3 1 C 2 B 3 C 4 B 4 K E Y T O T H E A C T I V I T I E S Page 77 – exercise 3 Page 91 – exercise 3 1 people 1 translated 2 Today 2 inspired 3 built 3 important 4 settlements 4 founders 5 army 5 masterpiece 6 town 6 influenced 7 centre 7 shocked 8 buildings 8 realism 9 capital 9 travelled 10 largest Page 92 – exercise 4 11 centre TRACK 09 Beautiful gardens in Paris The Paris Opera House is also known as the Garnier Palace, in honor of its Page 81 – exercise 1 brilliant architect, Charles Garnier.